The Decemberists - Bridges and Balloons lyrics

We sailed away on a winter's day With fate as malleable as clay But ships are fallible, I say And the nautical, as all things, fade But I do recall our caravel A little wicker beetle shell With four fine masts and lateen sails Its bearings on Cair Paravel Oh, my love Oh, it was a funny little thing To be the ones to have seen The sight of bridges and balloons Makes calm canaries irritable And they caw and claw all afternoon Catenaries and dirigibles Brace and boil the living room A womb of metal, a warp, woof, wimble And a thimble's worth of milky moon Can beat hearts larger than a thimble Oh, my love Oh, it was a funny little thing To be the ones to have seen Oh, my love Oh, it was a funny little thing It was a funny, funny little thing